Serie A talking points | Paolo Bandini
The wheels emphatically come off for Inter, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic's dislike of February shows no sign of abatingAs some of you may have spotted, I have been away in America this week covering the Super Bowl. And although the snow in Italy might have...
Crazy Inter’s unbeaten run ends at lowly Lecce | Paolo Bandini
The Nerazzurri's streak of form had some talking about a push for title but the wheels came off at the Stadio Via del MareIt had to end this way. Inter's startling revival under Claudio Ranieri had seen them win seven consecutive games in Serie A – e...
Reluctant winter champions Juventus work hard to deliver the real deal | Paolo Bandini
Antonio Conte refuses to talk about the title but his side's ability to grind out wins makes the scudetto a tangible prospectThere was no open-top bus parade in Turin, no firework display and no fans flooding the squares in the city centre. There were ...
Are the St Louis Rams set to become the NFL’s London franchise? | Paolo Bandini
Stan Kroenke's NFL team are set to play three 'home' games in London. Could it be the precursor to a wholesale move?The NFL had promised "exciting news" regarding its International Series, and Friday's press release will certainly set tongues wagging
Small Talk | Glenn Strömberg: we got rid of all the Swedish channels on Sven’s TV
The former Gothenburg, Benfica, Atalanta and Sweden midfielder talks food and playing gags on Sven-Göran ErikssonHello Glenn. Last time we saw those flowing locks you were playing for Atalanta and living in Bergamo … I'm living there at the moment. ...
Claudio Ranieri’s fortified Internazionale enjoy princely derby win | Paolo Bandini
Inter looked impenetrable against Milan and it is testament to the work of Ranieri that they are now an outside bet for the scudettoThe derby before the derby had ended in a draw, yet Milan's supporters still arrived at San Siro on Sunday evening claim...
Saturday football clockwatch – as it happened | Paolo Bandini
Manchester United moved level on points with City at the top of the table, while Tottenham missed the chance to do the sameErm, what's going on? Unless I'm mistaken, it appears that there are seven 3pm Premier League kick-offs this afternoon. More conf...
The last thing Palermo’s Bortolo Mutti needed? To be beaten by Napoli | Paolo Bandini
Palermo's president Maurizio Zamparini is known as the 'manager-eater' so a first home defeat against Napoli for 43 years is bad news for new incumbent Bortolo MuttiNew year, same old stories. Milan and Juventus winning, Antonio Di Natale scoring and y...
FA Cup third round clockwatch – as it happened | Paolo Bandini
So it begins … And by "it", of course, I am not referring to the FA Cup itself – whose preliminary rounds began all the way back in August – but rather the specific part of the tournament when the Premier League's representatives are dumped, gru...
Carlos Tevez has lunch with Milan’s Galliani as Inter join bidding
• Inter go directly to City with offer as Galliani meets Tevez• Player's adviser insists Milan are only team in the runningThe future of Carlos Tevez remains up in the air after Internazionale joined their city rivals Milan in bidding for the Manch...
No Manchester United bid for Frank Lampard, says Sir Alex Ferguson
• 'There is no foundation in that,' insists United manager• Ferguson also plays down expectations of other signingsSir Alex Ferguson has dismissed suggestions that Manchester United will attempt to sign Chelsea's Frank Lampard this January.With Uni...
Stoke v Aston Villa – as it happened | Paolo Bandini
Evening all The Premier League's Boxing Day calendar is 85.7% complete, but I think we can all agree that the remaining 14.3% is the bit that we've really been waiting for. Well, people who support Stoke and Aston Villa can all agree on that anyway. Ex...
